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US 7,151,978 B2Granted
System and method for the control of a production machine
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorFilippo Giannini
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Abstract
The disclosure comprises methods for controlling a production machine having a converter controlled drive wherein the applicable converter receives data from its associated drive as well as additional data from the machine and wherein the converter provides actuation commands to the drive and to the machine. Related systems are also disclosed.
Claims24
A method of controlling a production machine having a converter controlled drive comprising the steps of:
- providing a first set of data to the converter, where the first set of data comprises drive data elements from the converter controlled drive;
- providing a second set of data to the converter, where the second set of data comprises machine data elements from the machine but not from the converter controlled drive;
- issuing a first set of activation commands from the converter, where the first set of activation commands comprises drive activation commands for the converter controlled drive;
- and
- issuing a second set of activation commands from the converter, where the second set of activation commands comprises machine activation commands for the machine but not for the converter controlled drive.
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A production machine comprising:
- a converter controlled drive;
- and
- a converter;
- wherein
- a plurality of drive data elements are provided from the converter controlled drive to the converter;
- a plurality of machine data elements are provided from the machine to the converter controlled drive;
- converter activation commands are provided from the converter to the converter controlled drive;
- and
- machine activation commands are provided from the converter to the machine.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.